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Women and Power in Zimbabwe - Promises of Feminism (Paperback)
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Women and Power in Zimbabwe - Promises of Feminism (Paperback)
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The revolt against white rule in Rhodesia nurtured incipient local
feminisms in women who imagined independence as a road to gender
equity and economic justice. But the country's rebirth as Zimbabwe
and Robert Mugabe's rise to power dashed these hopes. Using
history, literature, participant observation, and interviews,
Carolyn Martin Shaw surveys Zimbabwean feminisms from the colonial
era to today. She examines how actions as clearly disparate as
baking scones for self-protection, carrying guns in the liberation,
and feeling morally superior to men represent sources of female
empowerment. She also presents the ways women across Zimbabwean
society--rural and urban, professional and domestic--accommodated
or confronted post-independence setbacks. Finally, Shaw offers
perspectives on the ways contemporary Zimbabwean women depart from
the prevailing view that feminism is a Western imposition having
little to do with African women. The result of thirty years of
experience, Women and Power in Zimbabwe addresses the promises of
feminism and femininity for generations of African women.
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